hi greetings from the CC
I like the diagonal line created in the shot by the hill. Good use of depth of field in both foreground and background isolating the subject. I think this was a hard challenge and you managed it fairly well from a tech point of view. Tho the shot lacks a little wow. I think a horizontal format may have helped to give the viewer a bit more insight as to what you were shooting. And perhaps had we even seen the photog.'s subject may have added a lil more umph to the shot. This of course may also have been achieved by the fotog in shot stepping back a lil creating the illusion of more space on the right. A tripod also may have helped to add a lil more of a dynamic. Just some thoughts hope they help...happy shooting.
A tighter aperture would have brought moe of the suuroundings into focus. The foreground and background blurring distract from an otherwise well laid out shot.